Wilhelm leopold



(No Model.)

W. LEOPOLD.

NEWSPAPER BINDER.

No. 600,541. Patented Mar. 15,1898.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILIIELM LEOPOLD, OF STTTGART, GERMANY.

NEWSPAPER-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,541, dated March 15, 1898. Application led April 12, 1897. Serial No. 631,681. (No model.)

T0 mi?, wiz/Om, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM LEOPOLD, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of lViirtemberg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Newspaper Binders or Guards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to newspaper-binders in which a number of newspapers may be held together and which are'especially adapted for use in clubs and other places where the papers are subjected to a great deal of handling.

The special purpose of Iny invention is a newspaper-binder embodying two rods, one for holding a cover and the other for holding the newspapers, and the construction is such that the papers can be readily slipped on without loosening the rod holding the cover.

My improved binder is illustrated in the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and wherein- Figure l shows a longitudinal section of the binder. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 show sectional views of the binder illustrated in Fig. l on the lines a af, y fy, and s, respectively.

My binder consists of the back d, grooved overits entire length, and the upper and lower ends of which are screw-threaded, as shown..

A rodi) is hinged at c to the back CZ and eX- tends upwardlyinto the screw-threaded part d and is adapted to be locked therein when the cap e is screwed in position. This rod b is adapted to hold the cover a, the dimensions of which arepreferablysomewhat larger than those of the newspapers proposed to be held in the binder. The cover a being slipped over therod ZJ such rod is pushed in the groove of the back, and the cap e is then firmly tightened. At the point f, slightly below the upper end of the rod b, a second rod g, adapted to hold the newspapers, is hinged to the rod b, and this rod g extends downward, as shown, into the lower screw-threaded part g Of the back and is locked therein when the handle 71. is screwed into place.

Vhen new papers are to be placed in the binder, it is only necessary to unscrew the handle 7i, thereby releasing the paper-binding rod g, hinged at f to the rod b. The papers are then slipped over the rod g, which is pushed in place in the groove of the back, and the handle h is screwed into position.

It is obvious that instead of locking the binder together by screws the same purpose may be attained by sliding rings or other suitable devices and that the hinge f may be dispensed with, as also in this case the rod g for the papers may be unlocked without releasing the rod ZJ, holding the cover. In this conconstruction the upper part of the rod g must of course extend into the cap e.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a binder or guard for newspapers, the

combination of a back formed with a longitudinally-extending groove, a rod secured in said groove and serving to hold a cover, a second rod lying in the same groove between the first-named rod and the mouth of the groove and adapted to receive a number of papers between the two rods without removal of the first-named rod, and means for releasing the second rod without disturbing the iirst rod lying in the same groove beneath the same, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In abinder or guard for newspapers, the combination of a grooved back, a rod fitting in the groove and hinged at one end to the back, a second rod hinged at one end to the first-named rod adjacent to its free end, and means for securing the free ends of both rods, substantially as and for the purposes described.

Signed at Stuttgart this 8th day of March, 1897.

WILHELM LEOPOLD.

Vitnesses HENRY SPINDLER, CHRISTIAN BAUER. 

